Chilton quickest at Snetterton

Tom Chilton set the quickest time of testing at Snetterton as teams continued preparations for the second half of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship season.

Chilton set a best time of 1min 11.408secs late in the day to outpace the Chevrolet of Alex MacDowall, with the Team Aon driver being the only one of the front-runners to go quicker during the afternoon session – which was affected by wet weather conditions.

The LPG-powered Ford Focus ultimately ended up half a second clear of MacDowall's Chevrolet, with the rookie having earlier managed to edge out Paul O'Neill's Honda Integra to lead the way during the morning.

Jason Plato was fourth quickest at the wheel of the second Chevrolet and will hope to benefit from the fact that main title rival Matt Neal was only at the circuit in a watching capacity after the Honda team elected not to run.

James Nash and Andrew Jordan rounded out the top six ahead of Tom Onslow-Cole, with the leading BMW of Mat Jackson in eighth place.

Only eleven of the 16 drivers present went out on track during the afternoon after the rain arrived, with O'Neill, Jordan, John George, Andy Neate and Martin Johnson only running during the morning.

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